Tanner Mordecai

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Tanner Mordecai
SMU Mustangs – No. 8
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Junior
Personal information
Born: (1999-11-08) November 8, 1999 (age 22)
Waco, Texas
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolMidway (Waco, Texas)
Career highlights and awards

Tanner Mordecai is an American football quarterback for the SMU Mustangs.

High school career[]

Mordecai attended Midway High School in Waco, Texas. During his career he passed for 4,797 yards and 51 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[1]

College career[]

Mordecai played at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020. In his first year he appeared in two games as a backup to Kyler Murray and took a redshirt. In 2019 he competed with Jalen Hurts to be the starter but lost the job and was the backup to Hurts for the season.[2][3] In 2020 he again competed for the starting job, this time with Spencer Rattler, but again lost the job and spent the year as his backup.[4] Overall he played in 12 games at Oklahoma, completing 50 of 70 passes for 639 yards and four touchdowns.

In 2021, Mordecai transferred to Southern Methodist University.[5] In his first year at SMU, he was named the starter.[6] In his first start, he threw for a school-record seven passing touchdowns in a 56–9 victory over Abilene Christian.[7]

Statistics[]

Year Team GP Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2018 Oklahoma 2 2 4 50.0 37 9.3 0 0 127.7 0 0 0.0 0
2019 Oklahoma 6 16 26 61.5 207 8.0 2 0 153.8 4 16 4.0 0
2020 Oklahoma 4 32 40 80.0 395 9.9 2 1 174.5 11 -14 -1.3 0
2021 SMU 12 308 454 67.8 3,628 8.0 39 12 158.0 74 202 2.7 2
Career 24 358 524 68.3 4,267 8.1 43 13 158.8 89 204 2.3 2

Source:[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "From Midway magic to Sooner magic: QB Tanner Mordecai ready to start next chapter with Oklahoma". Oklahoman.com. December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "OU football: Jalen Hurts beats out Tanner Mordecai in 'closest' quarterback competition". Oklahoman.com. August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Press, CLIFF BRUNT Associated. "'Tanner Mordecai did a phenomenal job' — but Jalen Hurts gets Oklahoma QB nod". WacoTrib.com.
  4. ^ Spencer Rattler named starting QB for No. 5 Oklahoma
  5. ^ Staff report. "Ex-Midway QB Mordecai commits to SMU after leaving Oklahoma". WacoTrib.com.
  6. ^ "Source: SMU names Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai starting QB". Dallas News. August 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "Tanner Mordecai breaks SMU single-game passing TD record in win over Abilene Christian". Dallas News. September 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tanner Mordecai College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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